Angels & Insects
Two Novellas
Published on 18. April 2012
352 pages
978-0-307-81959-8 (ISBN)
Description
In these two "astonishing" novellas (The New Yorker), the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession returns to the landscape of Victorian England, where science and spiritualism are popular manias, and domestic decorum coexists with brutality and perversion. "At once quirky and deep, brimming with generosity, imagination, and intelligence." --The New Yorker In Morpho Eugenia, an explorer realises that the behaviour of the people around him is alarmingly similar to that of the insects he studies. In The Conjugal Angel, curious individuals - some fictional, others drawn from history - gather to connect with the spirit world. Throughout both, Byatt examines the eccentricities of the Victorian era, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance, science and faith into a sumptuous, magical tapestry.
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A. S. Byatt
Angels and Insects
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01/1996
Vintage Books USA
€31.96
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03/1994
Vintage Books
€19.20
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04/1993
Random House (NY)
€39.32
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A. S. Byatt
Angels and Insects
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10/1992
Chatto & Windus
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Person
A. S. Byatt is the author of numerous novels, including The Children's Book, The Biographer's Tale, and Possession, which was awarded the Booker Prize. She has also written two novellas, published together as Angels & Insects, five collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction. Byatt is a distinguished critic and author, and the recipient of the 2016 Erasmus Prize for her "inspiring contribution to 'life writing.'" She lives in London.
Content
- Intro
- About the Author
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Morpho Eugenia
- The Conjugial Angel
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration
